United Arab Emirates External Debt Statistics from World Bank Quarterly Data

United Arab Emirates external debt statistics from the World Bank's Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases. The data provide a detailed picture of debt stocks and flows, including public sector valuation methods, debt instruments, and tiers of government debt. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions.

Use Cases

• Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on quarterly external debt stocks and flows.
• Analyzing public sector debt composition based on data about valuation methods and debt instruments.
• Comparing debt levels across government tiers (central, state, local) and extra-budgetary agencies.
• Studying global financial flows using detailed external debt data for a high-income country.

Strengths

• Data sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
• Includes detailed breakdowns of public sector debt by valuation method, instrument, and government tier.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.

Time Range

Quarterly time series, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 16:12:11.728877; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Arab Emirates